EMC Connectrix EC-1100 System User Manual

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EMC Enterprise Storage Network
Connectrix
EC-1100 System
USER GUIDE
P/N 300-600-001
REV D
EMC Corporation 171 South Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748-9103
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Regulatory Agency Information
EMC Connectrix has been extensively tested and certified to meet UL1950, CSA 950, IEC 950/EN 60950 Safety of Information Technology Equipment Including Electrical Business Equipment; FCC Rules Part 15 Subpart B; CISPR22 Class A; EN55022; EN50082-1.
This class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. Warning! This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference
in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. Achtung! Dieses ist ein Gerät der Funkstörgrenzwertklasse A. In Wohnbereichen können bei Betrieb
dieses Gerätes Rundfunkstörungen auftreten, in welchen Fällen der Benutzer für entsprechende Gegenmaßnahmen verantwortlich ist.
Attention! Ceci est un produit de Classe A. Dans un environnement domestique, ce produit risque de créer des interférences radioélectriques, il appartiendra alors à l'utilisateur de prendre les mesures spécifiques appropriées.
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This equipment generates, uses, and may emit radio frequency energy. The equipment has been type tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such radio frequency interference.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area may cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference.
Any modifications to this device - unless expressly approved by the manufacturer - can void the user’s authority to operate this equipment under part 15 of the FCC rules.
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Contents
Preface.............................................................................................................................xv
Chapter 1 Overview
The Connectrix Environment..........................................................1-2
EC-1100 Features...............................................................................1-5
Ethernet Hub Overview...................................................................1-7
Connectrix Service Processor Overview........................................1-8
Connectrix Manager Overview ......................................................1-9
Chapter 2 Connectrix Manager Administration
Connectrix Manager Software Operation .....................................2-2
User Administration.......................................................................2-16
Configuring EMC ControlCenter .................................................2-23
Managing Remote Access to the Service Processor...................2-24
Product Administration.................................................................2-31
Backing Up and Restoring Connectrix Manager Data..............2-42
SNMP MIB .......................................................................................2-44
Chapter 3 Fabric Manager
Opening the Fabric Manager...........................................................3-2
Fabric Manager Views......................................................................3-4
Fabric Manager Navigation Control Panel ...................................3-6
The Alert Panel..................................................................................3-8
Using the Topology View.................................................................3-9
Using the Zoning View ..................................................................3-12
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Chapter 4 Fabric Zoning
Zoning Concepts...............................................................................4-2
Configuring and Managing Zoning...............................................4-6
Merging Zoned Fabrics..................................................................4-29
Zoning Tasks Reference Chart ......................................................4-31
Backing Up Zoning Configurations.............................................4-35
Chapter 5 Connectrix Manager Logs
Audit Log...........................................................................................5-2
Event Log...........................................................................................5-4
Session Log ........................................................................................5-6
Product Status Log ...........................................................................5-8
Exporting Log Files ........................................................................5-10
Appendix A Connectrix Manager Software Messages
Appendix B Setting the ED-1032 Network Addresses
IP Address ........................................................................................ B-2
Subnet Mask .................................................................................... B-4
Gateway Address ............................................................................ B-5
MAC Address .................................................................................. B-6
Appendix C Remote Workstation Installation
Windows Workstations ..................................................................C-2
Solaris Workstations .......................................................................C-9
HP-UX Workstations ....................................................................C-15
Appendix D Specifications
EC-1100 .............................................................................................D-2
Connectrix Service Processor ........................................................D-4
Appendix E Upgrading to a Single Service Processor Environment
Overview .......................................................................................... E-2
Consolidating Service Processors ................................................. E-4
Reconfiguring the Client After a Server Failure ......................... E-7
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Appendix F Power-on and Power-off Procedures
Power On Procedure .......................................................................F-2
Power Off Procedure ......................................................................F-5
Glossary
Sales and Service Locations
Index
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Figures
1-1 Typical EC-1100 Master Cabinet ................................................................ 1-3
1-2 The EC-1100 in an Enterprise Environment ............................................. 1-4
2-1 Connectrix Manager Login Window ......................................................... 2-3
2-2 Connectrix Manager Main Window .......................................................... 2-4
2-3 Session View ................................................................................................ 2-10
2-4 Fabric Manager with Topology View ...................................................... 2-12
2-5 ISL Properties Window ............................................................................. 2-13
2-6 Fabric Manager with Zoning View .......................................................... 2-14
2-7 Configure Users Dialog Box ..................................................................... 2-16
2-8 New User Dialog Box ................................................................................. 2-19
2-9 Modify User Dialog Box ............................................................................ 2-20
2-10 Configure SNMP Dialog Box .................................................................... 2-23
2-11 Network Configuration Dialog Box ......................................................... 2-26
2-12 TCP/IP Configuration Window ............................................................... 2-27
2-13 Session View ................................................................................................ 2-28
2-14 Session Options Dialog Box ...................................................................... 2-29
2-15 New Product Dialog Box ........................................................................... 2-31
2-16 Modify Network Address Dialog Box ..................................................... 2-32
2-17 Product Properties Window ..................................................................... 2-33
2-18 Configure E-Mail Dialog Box .................................................................... 2-36
2-19 Test Remote Notification Dialog Box ...................................................... 2-37
2-20 Verification of Remote Notification Test ................................................. 2-37
2-21 Configure Ethernet Events Dialog Box ................................................... 2-38
2-22 Configure Nicknames Dialog Box ............................................................ 2-39
2-23 Add Nickname Dialog Box ....................................................................... 2-40
2-24 Connectrix Manager Web Page ................................................................ 2-45
3-1 Connectrix Manager’s Fabric View ............................................................ 3-2
3-2 Topology View Showing Interswitch Links ............................................. 3-4
3-3 Zoning View Showing Active Zone Set .................................................... 3-5
3-4 Topology View Properties Dialog Box .................................................... 3-10
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3-5 ISL Properties Dialog Box .......................................................................... 3-11
3-6 Zoning View with Active Zone Set .......................................................... 3-12
4-1 Zone Sets Dialog Box .................................................................................... 4-7
4-2 New Zone Set Dialog Box ............................................................................ 4-8
4-3 New Zone Dialog Box .................................................................................. 4-9
4-4 Display with Add by World Wide Name Selected ................................ 4-10
4-5 Ports and WWNs Added to Members in Zone Section ......................... 4-11
4-6 New Zone Dialog Box Actions Menu ...................................................... 4-12
4-7 Zone Sets Dialog Box .................................................................................. 4-13
4-8 New Zone Set Dialog Box .......................................................................... 4-14
4-9 Activate Zone Set Dialog Box .................................................................... 4-15
4-10 Modify Zone Dialog Box ............................................................................ 4-17
4-11 Ports and WWNs Added to Members in Zone Section ......................... 4-19
4-12 Modify Zone Set Dialog Box ..................................................................... 4-21
4-13 Deactivate Zone Set Dialog Box ................................................................ 4-23
4-14 Find Zone Dialog Box ................................................................................. 4-24
4-15 Remove Zone Dialog Box .......................................................................... 4-24
4-16 Find WWN Dialog Box ............................................................................... 4-26
4-17 Remove World Wide Name Dialog Box .................................................. 4-26
4-18 Replace World Wide Name Dialog Box ................................................... 4-27
5-1 Connectrix Manager Audit Log .................................................................. 5-2
5-2 Connectrix Manager Event Log .................................................................. 5-4
5-3 Connectrix Manager Session Log ............................................................... 5-6
5-4 Connectrix Manager Product Status Log .................................................. 5-8
5-5 Export Log Files Dialog Box ...................................................................... 5-10
B-1 ED-1032 Operator Panel .............................................................................. B-2
C-1 Connectrix Management Web Page .......................................................... C-3
C-2 InstallAnywhere Security Warning ........................................................... C-4
C-3 Connectrix Manager Download Page ....................................................... C-5
C-4 Connectrix Manager Installer — Introduction Screen ............................ C-6
C-5 Connectrix Manager Installer License Agreement ............................. C-6
C-6 Connectrix Manager Installer - Important Information ......................... C-7
C-7 Connectrix Manager Installer - Choose Install Folder ............................ C-7
C-8 Connectrix Manager Installer - End Screen .............................................. C-8
C-9 Connectrix Management Web Page ........................................................ C-10
C-10 InstallAnywhere Security Warning ......................................................... C-11
C-11 Connectrix Manager Download Page ..................................................... C-12
C-12 Connectrix Manager Installer Introduction Screen .......................... C-13
C-13 Connectrix Manager Installer License Agreement ........................... C-13
C-14 Connectrix Manager Installer - End Screen ............................................ C-14
C-15 Connectrix Management Web Page ........................................................ C-17
D-1 Cable Cutouts in Top of Cabinet ............................................................... D-2
E-1 IP Addresses in Multiswitch Environment .............................................. E-3
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E-2 Connectrix Manager Login Window ......................................................... E-8
F-1 EC-1100 and ED-1032 Power Switches ...................................................... F-2
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Tables
2-1 Operational States and Symbols ................................................................. 2-7
2-2 Types of User Rights .................................................................................. 2-17
2-3 Connectrix Manager Software User Rights Categories ........................ 2-18
4-1 Merging Fabrics Results for Zone Configurations ........................... 4-30
4-2 Zoning Tasks Reference Chart .................................................................. 4-31
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Preface

As part of its effort to continuously improve and enhance the performance and capabilities of EMC products, EMC periodically releases new revisions of hardware and software. Therefore, some functions described in this manual may not be supported by all revisions of Connectrix hardware or software presently in use. If your Connectrix does not offer a function described in this manual, please contact your EMC representative for a hardware or software update.
This guide is part of the documentation set for the EMC Connectrix EC-1100 Enterprise Storage Network System. This guide describes the product features and components, and the basic operation of the EC-1100 and its components. It is intended for data center administrators, local area network (LAN) administrators, and operations and customer support personnel who manage and operate the product.
Organization This guide contains the following information:
Chapter 1, Overview, provides an overview of the EC-1100, including product features and components.
Chapter 2, Connectrix Manager Administration, explains high-level administration tasks, including an overview of the Connectrix Manager application.
Chapter 3, Fabric Manager, describes how to use the Fabric Manager to monitor, configure, and manage the specific Fibre Channel fabrics in which managed products operate.
Chapter 4, Fabric Zoning, explains fabric zoning in detail and contains instructions for using the features and dialog boxes associated with zoning.
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Chapter 5, Connectrix Manager Logs, includes information on using the Connectrix Managers audit, event, session, and product status logs.
Appendix A, Connectrix Manager Software Messages, lists error messages, with their explanations, that are generated by the Connectrix Manager.
Appendix B, Setting the ED-1032 Network Addresses, explains how to change network addresses on the ED-1032.
Appendix C, Remote Workstation Installation, explains how to load the Connectrix Manager software onto a remote workstation running the Windows (95/98/NT/2000), Solaris, or HP-UX operating system.
Appendix D, Specifications, lists physical and environmental specifications.
Appendix E, Upgrading to a Single Service Processor Environment, explains how to upgrade the server/service processor environment to allow multiswitch support from a single Connectrix service processor.
Appendix F, Power-on and Power-off Procedures, explains the proper procedures for powering on and powering off the Connectrix cabinet and its components.
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Related
Documentation
The Glossary defines terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used in this manual.
Other EMC publications that provide additional information about Connectrix and Symmetrix Fibre Channel are:
Connectrix EC-1100 System Planning Guide, P/N 300-600-002
Connectrix ED-1032 Director User Guide, P/N 300-600-004
Connectrix Enterprise Storage Network System Topology Guide, P/N
300-600-008
Symmetrix Fibre Channel Product Guide, P/N 200-999-642
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The following warnings and cautions pertain throughout this manual.
WARNING Trained service personnel only.
This unit has two power supply cords. To reduce the risk of electric shock, disconnect both power supply cords before servicing.
Ground circuit continuity is vital for safe operation of the machine. Never operate the machine with grounding conductors disconnected. Remember to reconnect any grounding conductors removed for or during any installation procedure.
Warnings and
Cautions
ATTENTION Resérvé au personnel autorisé.
Cet appareil comporte plus d'un cordon d'alimentation. Afin de prévenir les chocs électriques, débrancher les deux cordons d'alimentation avant de faire le dépannage.
Un circuit de terre continu est essentiel en vue du fonctionnement sécuritaire de l'apareil. Ne jamais mettre l'appareil en marche lorsque le conducteur de mise a la terre est débranché.
WARNUNG Nur für Fachpersonal.
Das Geraet hat mehr als eine Anschlussleitung. Zur Vermeidung der Gefahr eines elektrischen Schlages sind vor dem öffnen beide Anschlussleitungen vom Netz zu trennen.
STROMSTREUVERLUST: Gerät muss geerdet werden, bevor es am Stromnetz angeschlossen wird.
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Additional Warnings
and Cautions
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Before attempting to service a Connectrix unit, observe the following additional Warnings and Cautions:
WARNING
The Connectrix contains no user-serviceable parts, so it should not be moved or opened for any reason by untrained persons. If the Connectrix needs to be relocated or repaired, only qualified personnel familiar with safety procedures for electrical equipment and the Connectrix hardware should access components inside the unit or move the unit.
WARNING
The system operates at high voltages. To protect against physical harm, power off the system whenever possible while servicing.
WARNING
In case of fire or other emergency, isolate the system’s power involved and alert appropriate personnel.
CAUTION
Trained personnel are advised to exercise great care at all times when working on the Connectrix unit. Remember to:
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Remove rings, watches, or other jewelry and neckties before you begin any procedures.
Use caution near any moving part and any part that may start unexpectedly such as fans, motors, solenoids, etc.
Always use the correct tools for the job.
Always use the correct replacement parts.
Keep all paperwork, including incident reports, up to date,
complete, and accurate.
Static Precautions EMC incorporates state-of-the-art technology in its designs, including
the use of LSI and VLSI components. These chips are very susceptible to damage caused by static discharge and need to be handled accordingly.
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Warnings and Cautions
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CAUTION
Before handling Connectrix printed circuit boards or other Symmetrix parts containing LSI and/or VLSI components, observe the following precautions:
Store all printed circuit boards in anti-static bags.
Use a ground strap whenever you handle a printed circuit
board.
Unless specifically designed for non-disruptive replacement, never plug or unplug printed circuit boards with the power on. Severe component damage may result.
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Overview

This chapter provides a high-level overview of the Connectrix EC-1100 cabinet and its major components, including:
The Connectrix Environment...........................................................1-2
EC-1100 Features................................................................................1-5
Ethernet Hub Overview....................................................................1-7
Connectrix Service Processor Overview.........................................1-8
Connectrix Manager Overview........................................................1-9
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The Connectrix Environment

The Connectrix EC-1100 and its components play a critical role in an enterprise-class, Fibre Channel connectivity management solution. Key features of Connectrix include:
High-performance, high-availability Connectivity Units with:
Redundant power, cooling, and cardsAutomatic failoverOn-line repair of critical components
Capacity and scalability You can add more Connectivity Units as the enterprise expands.
Centralized management of multiple units through the Connectrix Manager software:
Up to four EC-1100 cabinets controlled through one central
Connectrix service processor
Centralized control from local Connectrix service processor or
remote workstations
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Remote management:
Concurrent support of up to four remote users and one dial-in
(or local) user.
If there are many EC-1100 master cabinets (the ones with
service processors) in the enterprise, remote users can log into the Connectrix service processor in any of them.
SNMP-based network management applications, such as HP
OpenView Connectivity Units. The EC-1100 supports the FibreAlliance MIB for all Connectivity Units through one IP address.
Connectrix EC-1100 System User Guide
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Figure 1-1 shows a typical EC-1100 master cabinet configuration. Slave cabinets are similar, but with no service processor or Zip drive.
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Figure 1-2 shows the overall system management architecture incorporating the EC-1100.
The Connectrix Environment
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A single Connectrix service processor can be used to manage up to four EC-1100 cabinets (including the master cabinet, which contains the service processor). Multiple cabinets are connected through an Ethernet hub in each cabinet, allowing expansion of the management of your enterprise. A configuration requires at least one master cabinet.
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EC-1100 Features

Overview
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The EC-1100 cabinet provides a central management platform for mounting, monitoring, and controlling Fibre Channel Connectivity Units.

Connectivity

Manageability

The EC-1100 allows you to integrate multiple Fibre Channel Connectivity Units (ED-1032 Directors, for example) into a single point of management. You can start with what you need to manage todays environment, and add connectivity devices as your management needs expand.
Each EC-1100 includes up to two ED-1032 enterprise Fibre Channel Directors, each containing up to 32 Fibre Channel ports. The ED-1032 is a data center-class Fibre Channel Director that provides high-performance, highly available operations and enterprise-class manageability for an open systems environment.
The hardware and software components of the EC-1100 cabinet that provide network manageability include:
24-port 10Base-T Ethernet hub, for connecting the managed products to the Connectrix service processor, and for connecting multiple cabinets.
Connectrix service processor, a laptop computer to run the Connectrix Manager software. Up to four cabinets can be connected and managed by a single service processor (located in one of the four cabinets).
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Zip
drive for backing up your configuration. An automated backup process uses the Zip drive to protect essential Connectrix management data. The drive is necessary only in the cabinet containing the Connectrix service processor.
Connectrix Manager software installed on the Connectrix service processor. The software provides a central point of control for managing the cabinet components, and is composed of the Connectrix Manager and Product Manager plug-ins for each managed product.
A 56-Kbps (kilobytes per second) external modem, used for service and support of the managed products.
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Redundant Power Distribution

Cable Management

Redundant power features mean that the Fibre Channel Connectivity Units are always available. The EC-1100 has dual AC power strips and dual AC power inputs for redundant power distribution.
The EC-1100 contains two power switches, located in the center of the rear door. Each switch controls AC power from one of the two power sources to the cabinet.
The EC-1100 incorporates features that simplify cable management. Cable hangers mounted inside the cabinet allow grouping of cables, supporting up to 64 Fibre Channel links. Cables can be easily added, replaced or rerouted. The structured fiber wiring system draws the links away from the ED-1032 Directors so that directors or their components can be added or replaced while the cabinet is on line.
The EC-1100 supports cable entry through the top of the cabinet. This feature is for data centers that use ceiling-mounted cable trays instead of raised floors. Figure D-1 on page D-2 shows the dimensions of the cable openings.
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Ethernet Hub Overview

ED-1032s and the Connectrix service processor connect through a 24-port 10Base-T Ethernet hub installed in each cabinet. The Ethernet hubs provide out-of-band management services for each EC-1100. When using multiple cabinets, the hubs are daisy-chained by attaching RJ-45 patch cables and configuring each hub through its Medium-Dependent Interface (MDI) switch.
The Ethernet hub is for the private EC-1100 network. The customer’s data center network connects directly to the Connectrix service processors 10/100 Ethernet connection.
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LEDs

The Ethernet hub contains these LEDs:
Power LED (green) on the rear of the hub
Connection indicator LEDs (green) on front of unit (one for each
device connected to the Ethernet hub)
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Connectrix Service Processor Overview

The Connectrix service processor is a notebook PC that provides a central point of control for up to four EC-1100 cabinets. The service processor is required for installing, configuring, and managing the ED-1032s.
Although cabinet components can perform normal operations without a Connectrix service processor, the service processor should operate at all times, to monitor operations, log events and configuration changes, and report failures.
The Connectrix service processor is dedicated to the Connectrix Management Services application, and should not be used for other tasks. The Connectrix Management Services application provides management services to the Connectrix Manager and its associated Product Manager and Fabric Manager applications. It also implements World-Wide Web and other server functions.
The Connectrix service processor contains two Ethernet adapters, one 10-BaseT and one 10/100 Mbps with RJ-45 connectors. The 10-Mbps card is connected to the Ethernet hub in the cabinet to manage the LAN segment containing the managed products. The 10/100 Mbps card is used to connect to a customer intranet to allow access from remote user workstations. The 10/100 data center connection can be connected to the customer’s own hub or Ethernet switch.
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The Connectrix Service Processor provides a web interface for easily installing remote clients and accessing MIB source code.
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Connectrix Manager Overview

The Connectrix Manager provides common support and administration for both ED-1032s in the EC-1100 cabinet as well as an access point for the ED-1032 Product Manager. The software’s Java-based GUI provides an intuitive, easy-to-use interface to the managed products.
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Management Services

Connectrix Manager Functionality

The Connectrix Manager provides specific management services including:
Session management for one or more remote Connectrix Manager network connections
Centralized database repository for configuration files, system logs, firmware upgrades, and other entities
Remote support and debug services
Through the Connectrix Manager, you can:
Display an overview of operational status for each managed product
Define user names, passwords, and user rights for access to the Connectrix Management Services application
Define access rights to the managed products from remote user workstations
Define access to a specific Connectrix service processor and its managed products
Configure community names and network addresses for up to 12 SNMP trap recipients
Configure E-mail notification for system events
Display event, audit, product status, and session logs
Open the Fabric Manager to manage a specific fabric
Display an overview of all the fabrics managed by the Connectrix
Manager
Open a Product Manager to manage and monitor a specific product on the network
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Identify new products and their network addresses to the Connectrix service processor
Enable/disable call-home capabilities

Product Manager Services

The Product Managers are installed on the Connectrix service processor to provide local access to managed products. These applications can also be installed on remote user workstations to provide remote access through the data center Ethernet.
The Product Manager services include:
Establishing and maintaining network connections to managed products, such as ED-1032s
Product configuration management
Event and session logging
Alert processing and user notification
Initiation of the call-home procedure
Network management and file transfer protocol (FTP) processing
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This chapter describes the basic administration tasks required to manage your enterprise with the Connectrix Manager. It describes how to monitor operation of managed products, access administration options, manage users, and access on-line help.
This chapter includes the following sections:
Connectrix Manager Software Operation ......................................2-2
User Administration........................................................................2-16
Configuring EMC ControlCenter ..................................................2-23
Managing Remote Access to the Service Processor ....................2-24
Product Administration..................................................................2-31
Backing Up and Restoring Connectrix Manager Data ...............2-42
SNMP MIB ........................................................................................2-44

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Connectrix Manager Software Operation

The Connectrix Manager is the central point of control for the managed products in the EC-1100 cabinet. The software includes the Connectrix Manager and Product Manager for the ED-1032.

Opening the Connectrix Manager

The Connectrix Manager is installed on the Connectrix service processor at the factory. (Appendix C describes the installation.) To open the Connectrix Manager, follow these steps.
1. Open the Connectrix Manager Login window (Figure 2-1), as described below.
If running locally on the service processor, the Login window
appears when the services start.
®
On a Windows
95/98/2000 or Windows NT® system, double-click the Connectrix Manager icon on your desktop, or select the application from the Windows Start menu.
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On an HP-UX
a. Type
the users home directory and
or Solaris® system:
cd <home>/EFCM and press ENTER (where <home> is
EFCM is the default install
directory).
b. Type EFC_Manager and press ENTER at the command line
prompt.
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Figure 2-1 Connectrix Manager Login Window
2. Enter your user name and password. (Both are case sensitive.) If you have not been assigned a user name and password, use the default user name Administrator and the default password password.
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3. Click the arrow at the right of the Connectrix field, then click the name/address of the service processor to which you want to connect. If you are logging in locally, the service processors host name is localhost.
If login is successful, the Connectrix Manager main window (Figure 2-2) appears.
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Window Layout

Navigation Control
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Figure 2-2 Connectrix Manager Main Window
As shown in Figure 2-2, the main window consists of four "panels":
Title panel
Navigation control panel
Alert panel
Main panel
Title Panel This panel indicates the type of view that is being displayed in the
main panel. In Figure 2-2, the title panel indicates that the Product View is displayed in the main panel.
This panel contains icons that provide access to menu options, dialog
Panel
boxes, and on-line help. Use these operations to perform
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administration for the Connectrix Manager and Product Manager functions.
Each icon has a pop-up menu, which is displayed by placing your mouse cursor over the icon.
The icons and their pop-up menu options are:
View Provides access to each of the Connectrix Manager views: Product, Fabric, and Session.
Configure Provides options for configuring and managing users, products, sessions, and SNMP options:
New product Use this option to add a product to be
managed by the Connectrix Manager.
Users Use this option to display a list of current users who
can access the Connectrix service processor, and to establish new users, delete users, modify information for existing users, and establish or display user rights.
Nicknames Use this option to assign a nickname for a
worldwide name (WWN). For example, you might assign the nickname SymmFA1A to a Symmetrix ports WWN, instead of using the more cryptic 8-byte worldwide name. You can add or delete nicknames through this dialog box. Refer to Configure Nicknames on page 2-38.
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Session Options Use this option to allow or disallow access
to the Connectrix service processor from remote user workstations. Refer to Modifying Session Parameters on page 2-29.
SNMP Use this option to configure the SNMP agent that
runs on the Connectrix service processor and implements the FibreAlliance Management Information Base (MIB).
Logs Provides access to all of the Connectrix Manager logs:
Audit Log Use this option to display a history of user
actions performed through the Connectrix Manager. Refer to Audit Log on page 5-2.
Event Log Use this option to list abnormal error conditions
related to Connectrix Manager operation. Refer to Event Log on page 5-4.
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Session Log Use this option to list the users who have
logged in and logged out of the Connectrix service processor. Refer to Session Log on page 5-6.
Product Status Log Use this option to display the
operational status changes of each managed product. Refer to Product Status Log on page 5-8.
Maintenance Provides tools for setting remote communication options:
Test Remote Notification Use this option to test the remote
notification mechanisms that you have configured—E-mail notification and the call-home feature. Refer to Tes t Remo te Notification on page 2-36.
Enable Call Home Event Notification Use this option to
enable the call-home feature. Check/uncheck the box in the dialog window to enable/disable the call-home feature. Refer to Enable Call-Home Event Notification on page 2-34.
Configure E-Mail Use this option to configure network
addresses for administrators or others who should receive notification of product events through E-mail. Refer to Configuring E-mail Notification for Product Events on page 2-35.
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Configure Ethernet Events Use this option to configure
Ethernet events and enable notification for all Product Managers. An Ethernet event occurs when the Ethernet link between the Connectrix service processor and the managed product is lost. Refer to Configure Ethernet Events on page 2-37.
If E-mail notification is also enabled, an E-mail will be sent if an Ethernet event occurs.
If call-home notification is also enabled, a call home will be generated if an Ethernet event occurs.
For both E-mail and call-home, notification is generated after a timer expires
Help Provides access to two menu options:
Contents Use this option to open the Connectrix Manager
on-line help window. The Contents, Index, and Glossary items in the left frame of the Help window are hyperlinked to topic text and graphics in the right frame.
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About Use this option to display version and copyright
information for the Connectrix Manager.
Logout/Exit Has two options:
Logout Use this option to close the Connectrix Manager
window and return to the Login dialog box.
Exit Use this option to exit the Connectrix Manager
application.
Alert Panel This panel displays a color-coded alert symbol that indicates the most
critical status of any component managed by the Connectrix Manager. For example, if a component in a managed product fails, a red diamond with yellow background (most critical state) appears in the alert panel, even if all other components are fully operational.
Table 2-1 Operational States and Symbols
Operational State Symbol
Operational
Network communication is established. All products are operational and no failures are indicated.
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Degraded
At least one product under management is operating in a degraded mode and requires service. This condition is typical when a redundant FRU fails and the backup FRU is operational.
Failed
A product under management has failed and requires immediate service.
Unknown
The Connectrix Manager cannot determine product status because of a network communication failure between the product and the Connectrix service processor, or because the managed product is not responding. The link may never have been established, or the link may have malfunctioned.
This is a normal background indication when the managed product is managed by another Service Processor.
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Main Panel This panel displays the view that you selected from the View icons
pop-up menuProduct View, Fabric View, or Session View. (Figure 2-2 shows the Product View.)

Product View

Expanding an ED-1032
Name or Address
Monitoring Product
Operating Status
Executing Menu
Functions
When you start the Connectrix Manager, the default view in the main panel is the Product View. The Product View provides a pictorial overview of all ED-1032s that you can manage and monitor through the Connectrix Manager. Icons representing each product include a label with the products IP address or Domain Name Service (DNS) host name. Functions in the Product View allow you to monitor product operation, obtain product information, and administer the management software.
Move the mouse cursor over a product icon to select it. A rectangular blue border displays around the icon to indicate selection, and the complete product name or address displays in the icon label (if it is currently abbreviated).
Determine product operational status by the background symbol that is displayed behind the product icon. The meaning of the symbols representing product status are the same as for the alert symbols described in Table 2-1 on page 2-7.
Point to an icon to select a product, then right-click to view product menu functions, such as opening Product Managers, administering products, displaying product information, and setting Product View display options.
To display a menu of product options, right-click a product icon button. Click a menu option to initiate a function. The options are:
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Open Opens the Product Manager for the product. Note that you can also open the Product Manager by clicking the icon. For help on the Product Manager, select help from the specific Product Manager main window.
Modify Modifies the network address and product type for the managed products through the New Product dialog box. The maximum length of the IP address or DNS name is 64 characters. Control characters and white space characters are valid. For information on changing addresses in the hardware, refer to Appendix B.
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Delete Deletes the product from the Product View after prompting for verification. Note that this deletes all administration for the product. Enter information through the New Product dialog box to add the product back to the management software.
Properties Lists the product name, operational status, location, contact person, description, product type, and network
address
for the product.
To display options for managing the Product View, right-click a blank part of the Product View with the right mouse button. The options are:
New Displays the New Product dialog box, which you can use to add a new product to the management software.
Display Options Toggles between displaying the Network Address or Product Name on the product icons label.
Product Name Displays the products name as the icon
label. Configure a name for the product through the Identification option of the Configure menu in the Product Manager.
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Network Address Displays the IP address or DNS (Domain
Name Server) host name for the product as the icon label. Configure the network address through the New Product dialog box.
Sort Options Displays additional options for sorting product icons in the Product View:
Alphabetically Sort product icons alphabetically by the
product name.
By Status Arrange icons according to the product’s
operating status. Failed products appear first, followed by products with degraded, unknown, then operational status. Within these groupings, icons appear alphabetically by their network address (IP address or DNS host name) or product name, depending on the current display option.
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Session View

To access the Session View, move your cursor over the View icon in the navigation control panel and select Session from the pop-up menu.
The Session View (see Figure 2-3) displays a list of users currently accessing the Connectrix service processor through a remote connection, enabling the administrator to monitor all users remotely logged into the service processor.
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Figure 2-3 Session View
For any user logged in via modem, DialupClient appears in the Network Address column.
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from. The Connection Established column lists the date and time that the user connected to the Connectrix service processor.
Functions that you perform through the Session View are described under Displaying and Configuring Remote Sessions on page 2-28.
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Fabric View

Fabric Manager The Fabric Manager, which enables you to create zones and zone sets
To access the Fabric View, move your cursor over the View icon and select Fabric from the pop-up menu.
The Fabric View displays all of the fabrics available for management by the Connectrix Manager. Each fabric is represented by an icon that displays the number of managed products in that fabric as well as the initial characters of the worldwide name or nickname, if configured. A fabric can consist of a single switch or multiple switches.
The Fabric Manager is accessed through the Fabric View, as described in the next section.
and activate and deactivate zones, appears in a separate window from the Connectrix Manager.
You access the Fabric Manager from the Fabric View in either of two ways:
Left-click a fabric icon on the Fabric View.
Right-click a fabric icon on the Fabric View to display a pop-up
menu with the options Open and Properties. Then click Open.
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Figure 2-4 Fabric Manager with Topology View
The Fabric Manager provides two views: the Topology View and the Zoning View. You can change views using the View icons pop-up menu.
Although similar in appearance to the Connectrix Manager’s navigation control panel icons, the icons in the Fabric Manager’s navigation control panel have different menu options for managing the fabric. Chapter 3 describes the functions of the pop-up menus for the icons in detail.
The alert panel operates in the same manner as the alert panel in the Product View, and shows the most critical status for any product in the fabric.
Topology View
The Fabric Managers default view is the Topology View. The Topology View displays all interswitch connections for all E_Ports in a multiswitch fabric.
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The status table at the top of the Topology View displays the selected fabrics operational status, WWN, and Domain ID of the principal switch. The Fabric Status column shows one of the following:
Operational All units in the fabric are operational. If one
director is degraded but operational (indicated by a yellow triangle status symbol behind the director icon), the fabric is operational.
Unknown No information about the fabric is available. This
status typically results after removal or failure of the fabric’s principal switch.
Transitioning This state occurs during a fabric build just
before the fabric becomes operational. Unless a problem occurs, this status appears only briefly.
Through the Topology View you can change the display options for the labels under the product icons, access the Product Manager for each product, and view the properties of each product.
The Topology View includes a feature that enables you to determine the exact number of interswitch links that are present between any two switches. Move the cursor over any link in the Topology View; the link highlights in blue and the number of interswitch links represented by that link appears next to the link (as shown in Figure 2-4).
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Click on an interswitch link to display ISL properties, as shown in Figure 2-5.
Figure 2-5 ISL Properties Window
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Right-click on an empty space in the Topology View to display the Display Options menu. From here, you can choose what to display on the product labelsthe product name, the products network address, the products domain ID, or the products worldwide name.
Refer to Using the Topology View on page 3-9 for more information.
Zoning View
The Zoning View (shown in Figure 2-6) provides a complete view of the active zone set, including all zones and zone members (whether or not they are logged in).
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Figure 2-6 Fabric Manager with Zoning View
The fabric zoning feature enables you to partition devices attached to the fabric into groups called zones. A zone is comprised of devices that can access each other through port-to-port connections. Devices in the same zone can recognize and communicate with each other; devices in different zones cannot.
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Zones are used in Connectrix to control the storage device discovery process. Whenever a host bus adapter (HBA) boots or there is a change in the state of a storage device, the HBA queries the ED-1032. Zoning controls which devices on the fabric the HBA is allowed to see. Zoning enhances network security and prevents data loss or corruption by controlling access.
Using the zoning options available from the Fabric Manager’s Configure icons pop-up menu, you create zones for devices attached to fiber optic ports installed in one Fibre Channel Director (single-switch fabric) or in multiple Fibre Channel Directors linked through ISLs (multiswitch fabric).
Refer to Using the Zoning View on page 3-12 and all of Chapter 4 for more information.
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Determining Product
Status in the Fabric
View
The alert panel in the lower left corner of the Fabric View shows the most critical status for a product in the current fabric.
A yellow triangle in the alert panel (refer to Table 2-1 on page 2-7) indicates that at least one product belonging to one of the displayed fabrics has a degraded status. To determine which fabric has a director with a degraded or failed status, click the fabric icon and display the Topology View for that fabric. Look for the degraded alert symbol behind a product icon.
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User Administration

One of the many functions of the Connectrix Manager is user administration. Administrators must grant access to the Connectrix Manager by assigning user names, passwords, and access rights to all users. This section provides instructions for performing these tasks.
The default password is password. You should change this as soon as possible, as described under Modifying a User on page 2-20.
To access user administration functions, move your cursor over the Configure icon in the navigation control panel and select Users from the pop-up menu. This displays the Configure Users dialog box, shown in Figure 2-7. You can administer a total of 16 users for access to the Connectrix service processor.
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Figure 2-7 Configure Users Dialog Box
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User Rights (Privileges)

The rights available to the Connectrix Manager users determine the functions that they can access or initiate through Connectrix Manager dialog boxes and through the Product Managers. This provides security against unauthorized or untrained personnel changing application administration or product operation.
To display rights, select a user from the Configure Users dialog box, then click Rights.
To assign rights to existing users, select a user in the Configure Users dialog box, then click Modify.
To assign rights and provide other information (such as a password) for new users, click New in the Configure Users dialog box.
There are also rights established for users of individual Product Managers. These rights are described in the Connectrix ED-1032 Director User Guide.
Assign rights using the following levels. The following table lists the types of user rights available. All uses have view-only privileges.
Table 2-2 Types of User Rights
User Right Access Allowed
View All users can view administration settings, configuration
data for users, E-mail, product information, and status information. Users with view-only rights cannot make changes.
Operator Users can view status and configuration information in the
Product Manager and make changes to control operation of the Product Manager.
Maintenance Users can perform all control and configuration changes
in the Product Manager, as well as perform diagnostics, log maintenance, firmware loads, and data collection. Users can view configuration and other information in the Connectrix Manager.
Product Administrator
System Administrator
Users can perform all configuration and control changes in the Product Manager, and can view configuration and other information in the Connectrix Manager.
Users can perform all control and configuration changes for the Connectrix Manager, and can view configuration and other information in the Product Manager.
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Table 2-3 shows specific Connectrix Manager functions available for user rights categories.
Table 2-3 Connectrix Manager Software User Rights Categories
Rights
Display product data ✓✓✓ ✓ ✓
Display users
Create users
Edit user
Edit product data
Delete product data
Configure session options
Display session options
Display sessions
Display audit log
Clear audit log
Display event log
Clear event log
Configure E-mail options
System Admin.
Product
Admin. Operator Maintenance View

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To add a user:
1. Move your cursor over the Configure icon in the navigation control panel and select Users from the pop-up menu. This displays the Configure Users dialog box.
2. Click New. This displays the New User dialog box.
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Figure 2-8 New User Dialog Box
3. Enter information into fields as follows:
User name Enter a user name of 16 characters or less. Control characters and white space characters are valid.
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Password Enter a password of 16 characters or less. Control characters and white space characters are valid.
Confirm Password Enter the password again, exactly as in the Password field. This confirms that you entered the password correctly.
Description This information is optional. Enter the users location, department, function, or other information here (maximum 64 characters). Control characters and white space characters are valid.
4. Assign user rights. The Rights Granted field lists all rights categories currently granted to a user. (For a new user, only the View category appears.) The Rights Available field lists all rights not granted to the user.
To grant rights, click a category in the Rights Available field,
then click Add.
To remove rights, click a category in the Rights Granted field,
then click Remove.
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The View category is granted to all users, and you cannot remove it from the Rights Granted field.
5. Click OK to accept information and return to the Configure Users dialog box.
6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 as required to assign multiple user names and passwords.
7. When finished adding users, click Close on the Configure Users dialog box.

Modifying a User

To modify a user :
1. Move your cursor over the Configure icon in the navigation control panel, then click Users on the pop-up menu. This displays the Configure Users dialog box.
2. Select the name of the user you want to modify.
3. Click Modify. This displays the following dialog box.
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Figure 2-9 Modify User Dialog Box
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4. Change information in fields as applicable:
User name You cannot modify the user name.
Password Click in the Password field. Backspace to delete
individual letters or select the password and delete. Enter a password of 16 characters or less. Control characters and white space characters are valid.
Confirm Password Click in the Confirm Password field. Backspace to delete individual letters or select the password and delete. Enter the password exactly like in the Password field. This confirms that you entered the password correctly.
Description This information is optional. Change the user’s description here, such as location, department, function, or other information. Enter a description of 64 characters or fewer. Control characters and white space characters are valid.
Change user rights The Rights Granted field lists all rights categories currently granted to a user (default is View). For a new user, only View appears. The Rights Available field lists all rights not granted to the user.
To grant rights, select a category in the Rights Available
field and click Add.
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Deleting a User

To remove rights, select the category in the Rights Granted
field, then click Remove. Note that since View is granted to all users, you cannot remove it from the Rights Granted field.
5. Click OK to accept the administration.
6. When finished modifying users, click Close on the Configure Users dialog box.
To delete a user:
1. Move your cursor over the Configure icon in the navigation control panel, then click Users from the pop-up menu. This displays the Configure Users dialog box.
2. Click the name of the user you want to delete.
3. Click Delete.
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4. When the dialog box appears to confirm the deletion, click Yes to delete the user. The user and description are deleted from the dialog box.
5. When finished, click Close on the Configure Users dialog box.
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Configuring EMC ControlCenter

EMC ControlCenter is a separately purchased product available for managing the enterprise storage network. To establish communications between the Connectrix Manager and the EMC ControlCenter, follow these steps:
1. Move your mouse cursor over the Configure icon in the Connectrix Managers navigation control panel, then click SNMP on the pop-up menu.
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Figure 2-10 Configure SNMP Dialog Box
2. Make sure the Enable SNMP Agent check box is checked. If it is not, click it to add a checkmark.
3. Obtain the IP address of the EMC ControlCenter server and the SNMP Community Name used by the ControlCenter server, and enter this information into the dialog box for the Tr ap Re ci pi en t.
4. To specify a UDP port number, click Advanced, then enter the number.
5. Click Activate for the changes to take effect.
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Managing Remote Access to the Service Processor

Users at the Connectrix service processor can open the Connectrix Manager and the Product Managers loaded on the service processor. In addition, users at remote workstations can access the same Connectrix service processor if the workstations meet minimum hardware and software requirements and contain the Connectrix Manager with applicable Product Managers.
Workstations must also be configured to connect with the Connectrix service processor over a network connection.
In EC-1100 configurations, you have several choices for local and remote connections to best fit your security and remote access needs. You can choose from the following configurations:
Local Ethernet connection and modem for call-home operation
Local Ethernet connection and no modem
Data center Ethernet connection and modem for call-home
operation
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A local Ethernet connection is between the data center network and the EC-1100 hub. This connection should be made only if the data center wants access to the MIBs that are local to the ED-1032. This is not recommended, since the FibreAlliance MIB is a richer MIB.
Data center Ethernet refers to a connection that is made from the Data Center Ethernet directly into the Connectrix Service Processor's 10/100 Ethernet card. (Refer to Figure 1-2 on page 1-4.) This is the recommended configuration and provides a high-speed access for the client stations and users of the FibreAlliance MIB.
The modem in the EC-1100 is for the call-home feature or remote access by service personnel only. Users of the Connectrix service processor should not use the modem as a remote connection. The Connectrix will be unable to phone home and report a problem if the modem port is being used as a remote connection to the service processor.
Operators at remote workstations can manage and monitor all products controlled by the Connectrix service processor. Each active connection between a remote workstation and a Connectrix service processor and its managed products is called a session. A Connectrix service processor allows a maximum of four simultaneous sessions.
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Dual Ethernet

The CCSI MCVX2 (Twinhead P88) Connectrix service processor provides two Ethernet LAN connections via two Ethernet adapter cards on the left side of the notebook PC.
The purpose of dual Ethernet adapter cards is to enable Connectrix network users to isolate Connectrix devices from the data center network, and to provide a single access point for managing multiple directors in a Connectrix complex. This is accomplished by dedicating one Ethernet connection (to the 10-Base-T Ethernet) to a private Connectrix network, and the other connection (to the 10/100Base-T Ethernet) to the customer data network.
Dual Ethernet is only supported on the service processor. The PCMCIA Ethernet adapters in the service processor must be installed, configured, and used in a very specific manner for the two networks to function properly.
In dual-Ethernet configurations:
The top Ethernet adapter card must be used as the interface to the private Connectrix network. This slot contains a Silicom 10 Mbps Ethernet CardBus adapter card, and the factory default TCP/IP configuration must remain intact (IP address = 10.1.1.1, subnet mask = 255.0.0.0, default gateway=blank).
The bottom Ethernet adapter card must be used as the interface to the customer network. This slot contains a Silicom 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet CardBus adapter card. The factory default IP address for this interface (IP address = 192.168.0.0, subnet mask =
255.0.0.0) must be modified in order for Connectrix to connect to the customer data network. The IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS servers can be configured manually or via the
DHCP (dynamic host control protocol) tab in the TCP/IP Properties dialog box accessible via the Windows NT Control
Panel.
Figure 1-2 on page 1-4 depicts a typical dual Ethernet configuration.
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Enabling Network Security

The security of the nodes on the Connectrix Ethernet is increased by configuring the Windows NT Remote Access Service. This service can be configured to deny the dial-in client access to any Ethernet node other than the Connectrix service processor. This is the default configuration shipped from the factory.
Use the following procedure to check or change the security feature:
1. On the Windows desktop, click Start, then Settings, then Control Panel.
2. Double-click Network.
3. On the Network dialog box: a. Click the Services tab. b. Click Remote Access Service. c. Click Properties.
4. On the Remote Access Setup dialog box, click Network. This displays a window similar to the following:
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Figure 2-11 Network Configuration Dialog Box
5. Click (if necessary) TCP/IP under Dial Out Protocols and under Server Settings:.
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6. Click Configure to the right of the second TCP/IP entry. This displays a window similar to Figure 2-12.
Figure 2-12 TCP/IP Configuration Window
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7. Configure the window as shown, then click OK.
!
CAUTION
Never modify the static address pool from the settings that are displayed.
8. Click OK on the Network Configuration dialog box.
9. Click Continue on the Remote Access Setup dialog box.
10. Click Close on the Network dialog box.
11. Click Yes if you are prompted:
You must shut down and restart your computer before the
new settings will take effect.
Do you want to restart your computer now?
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Installing Software on Remote Workstations

Displaying and Configuring Remote Sessions

For procedures to install Connectrix Manager on remote user workstations and configure the workstations for connection to a Connectrix service processor, refer to Appendix C.
You can display current active sessions and change session parameters, such as allowing sessions with specific workstations, blocking all sessions from remote workstations, or limiting the number of sessions through the Session View.
To display the Session View:
1. Move your cursor over the View icon in the navigation control panel, then click Session on the pop-up menu. This displays the Session View, shown in Figure 2-13.
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The Session View displays active session information by displaying the user name logged into the remote workstation, the workstation’s network address or DNS name, and the time that the session was established.
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Modifying Session
Parameters
Figure 2-14 Session Options Dialog Box
Allow access to the Connectrix service processor from all workstations or only from specific remote workstations through the Session Options dialog box. To display and use this dialog box, follow these steps.
1. Move your cursor over the Configure icon in the navigation control panel and select Session Options from the pop-up menu. This displays the following dialog box:
2. Enter information into this dialog box as follows: a. Check the Allow remote management sessions check box (a
checkmark appears) to allow remote access from remote workstations. If you do not check this box, remote access is blocked even if you provide access information in other parts of this dialog box.
Use this check box as a method to quickly disallow remote access while saving the current access administration in this dialog box.
b. Click the arrow beside the Maximum number of remote
management sessions list box to display up to four sessions. Click a number to select it. This limits the number of simultaneous sessions between workstations and the Connectrix service processor.
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c. Network Address Restrictions Use this area to either allow
access from any workstation or all access from workstations with specific network addresses.
Click Allow any network address to allow access from any remote workstation that is configured to access the Connectrix service processor.
Click Specify remote network address to allow access only from specific workstations.
Click New and enter an address for a new workstation.
To modify an existing address, select the address and click Modify. When the Modify Network Address dialog box appears, click in the Network Address field, then delete and enter characters as required.
To delete an address, select the address in the Network Address Restrictions area, then click Delete.
3. Click Activate at the bottom of the dialog box to confirm changes made on the Sessions Options dialog box and to close the box.
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Another feature of the Connectrix Manager is the ability to administer the products managed through the Connectrix Manager. Information entered into dialog boxes provides the Connectrix service processor with information to communicate with the Fibre Channel connectivity products over the LAN.
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Adding a Product

Figure 2-15 New Product Dialog Box
To identify a product to the management software and add its icon to the Product View, follow these steps:
1. Move the cursor over a blank area of the Product View and click the right mouse button, then click New on the pop-up menu. This displays the following dialog box (Figure 2-15).
You can also perform this step by moving the cursor over the Configure icon in the navigation control panel and selecting New product from the pop-up menu.
2. Enter a valid IP address or Domain Name Service host name in the Network Address field. A valid IP address is in the form
nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn, where nnn is a decimal in the range 0 through
255.
3. Click the arrow beside the Product Type list box to display a list of products and select the product type that you are adding.
4. Click OK.
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Modifying a Product

Figure 2-16 Modify Network Address Dialog Box

Deleting a Product

Use the following steps to modify existing product information:
1. Right-click a product icon on the Product View for which you want to change administration.
2. Click Modify on the pop-up menu. This displays the following dialog box, which contains the network address of the product.
3. Click inside the Network Address field and change the address by deleting, backspacing, and entering characters. Enter a valid IP address or DNS host name in the Network Address field. A valid IP address is in the form nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn, where nnn is a decimal in the range 0 through 255.
4. Click OK.
Use the following steps to delete products from the Product View.
1. Right-click a products icon in the Product View.

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2. Click Delete on the pop-up menu.
3. When asked for confirmation, click Yes. The product icon disappears from the Product View.
Determine a products operating status by the alert symbol surrounding the products icon. These symbols are the same that appear in the alert panel and are described in Table 2-1 on page 2-7.
You can also determine status from the Product Properties window. (Refer to Figure 2-17.)
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Product Properties

Figure 2-17 Product Properties Window
To display information about a managed product follow these steps:
1. Right-click a products icon in the Product View.
2. Click Properties on the pop-up menu. This displays the Properties window:
Much of this information also appears on the Hardware View, displayed if you left-click a product icon in the Product View.
This window displays information about a product managed by the Connectrix Manager. For example, for the ED-1032, the following information is displayed:
Name of product as configured through the Product Manager.
Location of product as configured through the Product Manager.
Contact person for product as configured through the Product
Manager.
Description of product as configured through the Product Manager.
Product type, as configured through the New Product dialog box.
Network address or DNS name as configured through the New
Product dialog box.
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Current product operational status:
Operational Product is fully operational.Degraded Product needs attention. Typically, this appears
when a redundant FRU fails, but the product is still performing as designed.
Failed Product needs immediate attention.Unknown The management software cannot obtain valid
product status.

Enable Call-Home Event Notification

The call-home feature, which you configure for each product through the Product Manager, enables the Connectrix service processor to automatically dial out to a support center to report system problems. The support center server accepts calls from the Connectrix service processor, logs reported events, and can notify one or more support center representatives.
The events that initiate call-home notification are specific to each individual managed product. These events include:
Change in system operational status
Problem detection, such as a failed FRU
Problem correction
State change that requires user attention or a report to the product
administrator or service representative
Ethernet events, which can trigger a call home if the EC-1100's hub fails. EMC recommends enabling this feature. Refer to Configure Ethernet Events on page 2-37.
To enable call-home notification for system problems, use the following steps:
1. In the Connectrix Managers navigation control panel, move your cursor over the Maintenance icon.
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Call home must be enabled for each of the ED-1032s. Use the Configuration button on each ED-1032’s Product Manager to enable this function.
To disable call-home notification, click the box to remove the checkmark.
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Configuring E-mail Notification for Product Events

Configure up to five E-mail addresses for administrators or others who should be notified of significant product events. The events that initiate E-mail notification are specific to each individual managed product. These events include:
Change in system operational status
Problem detection, such as a failed FRU
Problem correction
State change that requires user attention or a report to the product
administrator or service representative
Ethernet events, which can trigger a notification if the EC-1100's hub fails
EMC recommends enabling this feature. Refer to Configure Ethernet Events on page 2-37.
To configure E-mail notification:
1. Move your cursor over the Administration icon on the Connectrix Managers navigation control panel and select Configure E-Mail from the pop-up menu. This displays the following dialog box.
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Figure 2-18 Configure E-Mail Dialog Box
The SMTP server address and E-mail addresses must be 64 characters or fewer.
2. Enter an IP address or DNS host name for your Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server.

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3. Enter up to five E-mail addresses for personnel who should be notified automatically of system events.
4. Check the Enable E-Mail Event Notification check box to enable E-mail notification. This will enable E-mail notification for all Product Managers if E-mail notification is enabled through each Product Manager’s Enable E-Mail Notification option. If the Enable E-Mail check box is not checked, E-mail notification is disabled for all Product Managers.
5. Click Activate to confirm the information that you have entered.
6. Click Close to close the dialog box.
Use the test remote notification feature to test the call-home feature and the current configuration parameters for the E-mail notification feature.
E-Mail must be configured with the correct SMTP and E-Mail addresses.
Once you have run the test, you should call the call-home recipient or the E-mail recipient to confirm that a message was received.
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To test remote notification:
1. In the Connectrix Managers navigation control panel, move your cursor over the Maintenance icon and select Te st Re mo te Notifications from the pop-up menu.
This displays the following dialog box:
Figure 2-19 Test Remote Notification Dialog Box
You can check remote notification for one or both remote communication methods.
2. To test the call-home feature, check Call Home.
3. To test the E-mail notification feature, check E-Mail.
4. Click Send Test. This displays a message box indicating that the test was initiated.
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Figure 2-20 Verification of Remote Notification Test

Configure Ethernet Events

5. Click OK to close this box.
To configure Ethernet events for all managed products, you can enable notification and configure the Ethernet event timeout period through the Connectrix Manager. An Ethernet event is when the Ethernet link between the Connectrix service processor and the managed product is dropped. You can set a specific time interval for an event to be generated after the communication drops.
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To configure Ethernet events:
1. In the Connectrix Managers navigation control panel, move your cursor over the Maintenance icon and select Configure Ethernet Events from the pop-up menu.
This displays the following dialog box:
Figure 2-21 Configure Ethernet Events Dialog Box
2. To enable Ethernet events, check the Enable Ethernet Events selection box.
3. To change the default timeout of 30 minutes, enter a new value in the Ethernet Timeout box. Valid values are 10 to 120 minutes.
4. Click the Activate button to accept and activate the data.

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If E-mail notification is also enabled, an E-mail will be sent if the Connectrix Manager cannot communicate with a product.
If call-home notification is also enabled, a call home will be generated if the Connectrix Manager cannot communicate with a product.
Nicknames are names assigned to worldwide names of devices that you can use in place of the standard 8-byte worldwide name. This enables you to assign more meaningful names to managed devices. When you assign a nickname to a product, the nickname will be displayed instead of the worldwide name in the Connectrix Manager views.
When you add a nickname, you will be asked to specify if the nickname is for a detached node or an attached node. An attached node is a device that is connected to a port on any of the managed products, while a detached node is not currently connected to a port.
It is recommended that nicknames for N_Ports describe those ports. For example, a Windows NT Exchange Server might have the nickname NT Exch HBA 1, and a WWN of a Symmetrix port might have the nickname Symm 0415 FA 1A.
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Whenever Connectrix Manager displays WWNs, it uses any existing nicknames instead of the associated 16-character hexidecimal values. This can be a highly effective tool for quickly understanding and diagnosing the environment when using the Connectrix Manager.
To configure nicknames:
1. In the Connectrix Managers navigation control panel, move your cursor over the Configure icon, then click Nicknames on the pop-up menu.
This displays the Configure Nicknames dialog box, with existing nicknames that have already been configured.
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Figure 2-22 Configure Nicknames Dialog Box
Do not modify the WWN in the Configure Nickname dialog box. Use the Add Nickname function to make these changes.
The left column in the dialog box shows the worldwide name, while the right column shows the assigned nickname.
2. Click Add to add a new nickname. This displays the following dialog box.
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Figure 2-23 Add Nickname Dialog Box
3. To add a detached node: a. Click Detached node. b. Click OK. A blank row is added to the list in the Configure
Nicknames dialog box, with the cursor positioned in the left column.
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c. In the left column, enter the 8-byte worldwide name, in the
standard format. For example, d. In the right column, enter the nickname you want to assign. e. Click OK.
4. To add an attached node: a. Click Attached node to display a list of ED-1032s or nodes. b. Select a node or ED-1032 from the list. If needed, expand an
ED-1032 by clicking on its symbol, then select a node from the
Director list. c. Click OK. d. The worldwide name now appears in the World Wide Name
column of the Configure Nicknames dialog box. e. In the Nickname column, enter a nickname of up to 32
alphanumeric characters. f. Spaces, hyphens, and underscores are allowed within the
nickname. g. Click OK.
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To delete a nickname:
1. In the Configure Nicknames dialog box, select the nickname that you want to delete.
2. Click Delete.
3. Click OK to confirm that you want to delete the nickname.
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Backing Up and Restoring Connectrix Manager Data

The backup and restore of critical Connectrix Manager data on a Windows NT system is provided by the Iomega® QuikSync application, which is installed on the Connectrix service processor when you install the product.

Backup

During installation, QuikSync is automatically configured to mirror
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the contents of the EfcData directory to the attached Zip
drive any time the contents of that directory change. Therefore, whenever you make a configuration change, add or remove a managed product, or make any other changes through the Connectrix Manager, data is automatically backed up. The existing backup file is updated; no separate versions of the backup file are maintained.
To ensure trouble-free backups, it is imperative that you leave the Zip drive connected to the Connectrix service processor and leave a Zip disk in that drive.
QuikSync starts automatically after the Windows NT login, and automatically mirrors any changes made to the EfcData directory. QuikSync can also be accessed through the Windows Start menu for manual backup.
The backed up data includes:
All Connectrix Manager configuration (product definitions, user
names, encrypted passwords, user rights, nicknames, session options, SNMP configuration, E-mail, etc.)
Logs, both from the Connectrix Manager and the Product
Manager
Zoning library, including all zone sets and zone definitions
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Firmware library
Call-home configuration information
Since the configuration data for each individual product is stored in NV-RAM on the product itself, the Product Manager has a backup option to save the product configuration to the Connectrix service processor. When performing the QuikSync backup operation, the product configuration data is included in the backed up data.
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Restore

In the event of a system failure, you will be able to return your database to a known state. To restore data from the backup disk to the Connectrix service processor:
1. Exit the Connectrix Manager and log out of the Connectrix service processor.
2. Copy the EfcData directory from the Zip disk to the Connectrix root directory.
3. Restart the Connectrix service processor and Connectrix Manager.
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SNMP MIB

FibreAlliance MIB revision 02.20 is available for download from the Connectrix service processor. This MIB is used by EMC ControlCenter’s Resource View. To download the FibreAlliance MIB, follow these steps:
1. Open a worldwide web browser and enter the URL (IP address or DNS host name) of the Connectrix service processor in the Location (Netscape) or Address (Internet Explorer) field of the browser.
Obtain the Connectrix service processor address from your network administrator.
This displays the following web page.
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Figure 2-24 Connectrix Manager Web Page
2. To download the FibreAlliance MIB, right click on fcmgmt.mib (near the lower left in Figure 2-24) and complete the Save Target As operation.
For more information on the FibreAlliance MIB, visit the website at www.fibrealliance.org.
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Fabric Manager

This chapter includes information on how to use the Fabric Manager to monitor, configure, and manage the specific Fibre Channel fabrics in which managed products operate.
Opening the Fabric Manager............................................................3-2
Fabric Manager Views.......................................................................3-4
Fabric Manager Navigation Control Panel ....................................3-6
The Alert Panel...................................................................................3-8
Using the Topology View..................................................................3-9
Using the Zoning View ...................................................................3-12
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Opening the Fabric Manager

To access the Fabric Manager, open the Connectrix Manager (which opens by default to the Product View), go to the navigation control panel, place the cursor over the View icon, and select the Fabric option from the pop-up menu. This opens the Fabric View, from which you can open the Fabric Manager.
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Figure 3-1 Connectrix Manager’s Fabric View
The Fabric View displays all of the fabrics available to a user via the Connectrix Manager. Each fabric is represented by an icon that displays the number of managed products in that fabric as well as the initial characters of the worldwide name (WWN) or nickname (if configured). The number of products in the fabric is represented by the number in the middle of the icon; the initial characters of the WWN appear immediately below the icon.
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Displaying the Entire
Name
Opening the Fabric
Manager
If you move the cursor directly over an icon, a blue rectangle appears around the icon, and the label below the icon is expanded to display the complete WWN (or nickname) of the principal switch in the outlined fabric. (The WWN of the principal switch in the fabric is the default name of the fabric.)
There are two ways to open the Fabric Manager from the Fabric View:
Click a fabric icon on the Fabric View. This opens the Fabric Manager for the fabric selected. The Topology View is the default view to which the Fabric Manager opens.
Right-click on a fabric icon on the Fabric View. This displays a pop-up menu with the options Open and Properties. Select the Open option to open the Fabric Manager.
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Fabric Manager Views

The Fabric Managers default view is the Topology View, shown in Figure 3-2. The Topology Views purpose is to display all connectivity products connected into a single fabric. When there is more than one product in a fabric, the interswitch link connections are displayed.
The other view for the Fabric Manager is the Zoning View, shown in Figure 3-3. This view shows the active zone set, including all zones and zone members.
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Figure 3-2 Topology View Showing Interswitch Links
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Figure 3-3 Zoning View Showing Active Zone Set
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Fabric Manager Navigation Control Panel

The Fabric Managers navigation control panel is identical in both the Topology View and the Zoning View.

The View Icon

The Configure Icon

Use the View icon to select the Fabric Managers Topology or Zoning views.
The Configure icons pop-up menu displays three options. For details regarding these three options, refer to the Chapter 4, Fabric Zoning.
Zone Sets Use this option to activate a zone set and to create, modify, delete, copy, find, replace, and view zones, zone members, and zone sets. Refer to Configuring and Managing Zoning on page 4-6.
Deactivate Zone Set Use this option to deactivate the currently active zone set. This option is necessary if you do not want to replace the currently active zone set with another zone set. (Replacing the currently active zone set with another zone set automatically deactivates the zone set that had been active.) Refer to Activate/Deactivate Zone Sets on page 4-22.
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Default Zone Use this option to enable or disable the default zone as the active zone for the fabric. Refer to Enable/Disable Default Zone on page 4-28.
EMC recommends leaving the default zone at the factory setting of Disabled.
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The Help Icon

The Close Icon

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All Connectrix-compatible device driver instructions and standard installation procedures assume that the Default Zone is disabled. Enabling the Default Zone can have undesirable consequences during installations.
The Help icons pop-up menu lists two options: the Contents option and the About option.
Contents Use this option to open the Connectrix Manager online help window. The Contents, Index, and Glossary items in the left frame of the window are hyperlinked to topic text and graphics in the right frame.
About Use this option to display version and copyright information for the Connectrix Manager.
The Close icon displays one option, Close, which closes the Fabric Manager window.
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The Alert Panel

In the event that any product managed by the Connectrix Manager is in a degraded status the alert panel, located below the navigation control panel, indicates the most critical status of any product or products not currently fully operational. For example, if one product has failed, and nine other products are fully operational, the alert panel displays a red diamond on a yellow background. This symbol alerts the user to the fact that a product under management requires immediate attention.
The symbols displayed in the alert panel in the Fabric Manager are the same as for the Connectrix Manager, described on page 2-7.
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Using the Topology View

The Fabric Managers Topology View displays all connectivity products in a single fabric, as well as the interswitch links between products in a multiswitch fabric.
The icons in the Topology View have a pass-over functionality that displays detailed information for individual directors. The type of information displayed by the pass-over functionality is determined by the display options selected.
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Display Options

Product Icons

There are four display options for the specific product information that appears below product icons in the Topology View:
Product name
Network address
Domain ID
Worldwid e nam e
To set the Topology Views display options, right-click in an open area of the main panel, and from the pop-up menu select the display option desired.
Click a product icon in the Topology View to open the Product Manager for that particular product. Refer to the Product Manager user manual for step-by-step instructions on Product Manager operations.
Right-click a product icon in the Topology View to display the Properties pop-up menu, which has two options:
Open Use this option to open the Product Manager for the selected product.
Properties Use this option to open the Properties dialog box, shown in Figure 3-4. This dialog box provides the following information about the selected product:
NameLocationContactDescriptionProduct TypeNetwork AddressStatus
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Figure 3-4 Topology View Properties Dialog Box

ISL Properties

Move the cursor over any link depicted in the Topology View; the link itself highlights in blue, and the number of interswitch links represented by that link displays below the highlighted link. Refer to Figure 3-5.
Click on the link between the two directors to open the ISL
Properties dialog box, also represented in Figure 3-5. The ISL Properties dialog box displays the domain ID and port number for
the product at each end of the ISL.
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Determining Product Status

Figure 3-5 ISL Properties Dialog Box
The alert panel in the Fabric Manager shows the most critical status for a product in the current fabric. This same alert symbol appears behind product icons in the Topology View to help you isolate the degraded product.
If a product is managed by a Connectrix service processor other than the one you are logged into, no alert symbol appears behind the products icon.
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Using the Zoning View

The Zoning View provides a complete view of the active zone set, including all zones and zone members, in an expandable and collapsible list. The active zone set name appears at the top of the list, followed by the zone names, then zone members in each zone. The view also indicates if the default zone is enabled and provides a button to deactivate the zone set.
The title panel, navigation control panel, and alert panel are the same as described in Using the Topology View on page 3-9.
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Figure 3-6 Zoning View with Active Zone Set
To use the Zoning View, click a magnifying glass symbol to the left of a zone name. Zone members display as a list of the following:
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World Wide Names Unique 16-digit decimal number identifying the device attached to a port (10:00:0206:77:43:B0:1C, for example). If nicknames have been configured, they will display instead.
Domain ID, Port numbers Unique domain identification of a connectivity product (1 to 31) followed by the port number (0 to
31). For example, Domain 1, Port 7.
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Expand or Collapse Zone Members

Default Zone Status

To display a list of members in a zone, click the magnifying glass symbol by a zone name. To close a zone list, click the magnifying glass symbol by the zone name that displays before an expanded list of zone members.
A default zone consists of all devices that have not been configured as members of a zone in a currently enabled (active) zone set. You can enable or disable the default zone separately from the active zone set.
EMC device drivers and device installation procedures are designed and tested with Default Zoning disabled at all times.
The state of the default zone (enabled or disabled) displays at the top left corner of the view.
When no zone set is active and the default zone is enabled, then all devices are considered to be in the default zone.
If a zone set is active, then all connected devices that are not included in at least one of the zones in the active zone set are included in the default zone.
If no zone set is active and the default zone is disabled, then no device can access or communicate with any other device in the fabric.
When a zone set is active and the default zone is disabled, all devices that are not in the active zone set cannot access or communicate with any other device in the fabric. This is used to hide devices from one another until they have been properly zoned. It is an important part of a safe installation procedure. Enabling default zoning is strongly discouraged.
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Fabric Zoning

This chapter explains fabric zoning in detail and contains instructions for using the features and dialog boxes associated with zoning.
Zoning Concepts................................................................................4-2
Configuring and Managing Zoning................................................4-6
Configuring and Managing Zoning................................................4-6
Zoning Tasks Reference Chart........................................................4-31
Backing Up Zoning Configurations ..............................................4-35
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Zoning Concepts

Zoning components that you can configure through the Configure icons menu options in the Fabric Manager include:
Zones
Default Zone
Zone Sets
Zone Library
Active Zone Set
The following sections describe each of these components.

Zones

You create, delete, and display zones, add and remove members from zones, and display active zone sets through the Zoning View.
A zone contains a set of members that can access each other. A member can be a director port or the WWN of the device attached to a port. Ports and devices spread throughout multiple directors in a multiswitch fabric may be grouped into the same zone. Members of a zone can see each other; members in different zones cannot. The number of members that you can configure for a zone varies according to the number of zones in the zone set, the length of the zone names, and other factors.
EMC recommends that zones contain only WWNs.
Using WWNs To identify a zone member by WWN, use the 16-digit WWN of the
device attached to a director port.
Example: 10:00:08:00:88:40:C0:D4
The WWN is assigned to the Fibre Channel interface or HBA installed in devices such as servers or storage devices. Although the device may also have a node WWN, this WWN is not used for zoning identification. If you have assigned a nickname to the WWN through the Configure Nicknames dialog box, that nickname appears in zoning dialog boxes instead of the WWN. In this case, you will assign the nickname as the zone member.
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Move the cursor over the Configure icon, then click Nickname on the pop-up menu to find the WWN of the fabric and assign it a nickname.
There are two important advantages to identifying a zone member as the WWN of the attached device:
The zone member identification will not change if the fiber cable connections to ports are rearranged. ED-1032 port card field repair procedures require moving the connections from the port card being replaced to the spare ports. Device drivers are being engineered and tested to automatically pass through this procedure depending on WWN-based zoning.
Strategies for correcting ISL congestion in fabrics includes moving high-traffic port pairs into a common domain. When WWN-based zoning is used, these connections can be moved to a common domain without effecting device driver configurations, ED-1032 zoning configurations, or Symmetrix configurations.
Using Port Numbers EMC strongly discourages zoning by port numbers, for the following
reasons:
The repair of a port card and the use of spare ports will require changes to the zone set. This is not a part of the field procedure for port card repair.
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If the domain ID changes (which can happen if a set of single ED-1032s are reconfigured into a fabric), the zoning information will be invalid, which can lead to data corruption.
Managing ISL congestion by relocating high-traffic port pairs to a common domain will not be handled automatically, and the movement of these links without adjusting the ports zoned information can lead to data corruption.
Zoning by port numbers is sometimes considered as a way of managing the replacement of host bus adapters (HBAs). When zoned by port numbers, HBAs can be replaced without modifing the zoning information. This is an incomplete solution, because changing an HBA requires changing the Volume Logix database. A new feature in Connectrix Manager is a Replace WWN function that can be used to replace a bad HBA’s WWN with the WWN of the new HBA. Refer to Find Zones; Find and Replace WWNs on page 4-23.
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Default Zone

Zone Sets

A default zone consists of all devices that have not been configured as members of a zone in a currently active zone set. Here are some important points to remember about zone sets:
You can enable or disable the default zone separately from the active zone set using the Default Zone option in the Configure icons pop-up menu. Enabling the default zone allows all devices and ports not configured as members of the active zone set to communicate. If the default zone is disabled, these ports and devices cannot communicate.
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Default Zoning is disabled as a factory default. All ED-1032s should be configured with this option disabled. Device driver installation procedures assume this option is disabled.
When no zone set is activated, then all devices are considered to be in the default zone.
If a zone set is active, then all connected devices that are not included as members of a zone in the active zone set are included in the default zone.
A zone set is a group of zones that you can activate or deactivate as a single entity across all directors in either a single switch or a multiswitch fabric. Only one zone set can be active at one time. HBAs with EMC-approved device drivers will discover only those storage devices in their zone. A storage WWN can be a member of many zones.
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By activating a zone set, you are making all zones in the set active. Configure up to 64 zone sets, each containing up to 256 zones. An active zone set is a zone set that is currently active across all directors in a multiswitch fabric. Only one zone set can be active at one time. Here are some important points to remember about zone sets:
If no zone set is active, and the default zone is disabled, then no devices can communicate.
If you activate a specific zone set, that set will replace the currently-active zone set.
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Active Zone Set

Zone Set Library

Zone Library

The active zone set is a single zone set that is currently enabled. When a zone set is active, all zones that are members of that zone set are active. Only one zone set can be active for the fabric at one time.
A zone set is activated when you select a zone set in the Zone Sets dialog box and select Activate from the dialog box’s Actions pop-up menu.
The Zone Set Library contains all of the zone sets configured through the Fabric Manager. Any zone set in the library may be selected and activated on a fabric. You can view this library through the Zone Sets dialog box. This dialog box provides a branching tree structure of all zone sets, zones, and members of each zone.
The Zone Library contains all zones configured through the Fabric Manager. Any zone in the library may be selected and added to a zone set. You can view this library through the New Zone Set and
Modify Zone Set dialog boxes. By selecting a zone and clicking View Zone Members on the dialog boxs Actions pop-up menu, you can
see all members currently in a zone.
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Configuring and Managing Zoning

This section contains detailed steps for establishing new zones and zone sets in a fabric. Steps are also provided for other zoning tasks. In addition, a quick reference chart on using zoning menu options and dialog boxes to perform specific zoning tasks is included in Zoning Tasks Reference Chart on page 4-31.

Configuring New Zoning for a Fabric

Task 1: Create Zones A Zone is a set of WWNs of attached devices. In a single-HBA zone,
Use the following tasks to configure a new zone and zone set, and then activate the new zone set for the fabric. Steps are provided in each task to show you how to use dialog boxes and other features of fabric zoning.
All features to configure zones and zone sets are available through the Zone Sets dialog box. Display this dialog box by moving your cursor over the Configure icon and selecting Zone Sets from the Zoning pop-up menu.
the WWN of the HBA and all the storage devices WWNs to be accessed by the HBA are members of the zone. The zone is named to faciliatate zone management.
To create zones, perform the following steps:
1. From either the Zoning View or To po lo gy Vie w, move your cursor over the Configure icon and select Zone Sets from the pop-up menu.
This displays the Zone Sets dialog box, shown in Figure 4-1 on page 4-7.
The Zone Set Library lists all of the defined zone sets. If zone sets are not defined, this library is empty. Click the magnifying glass icon next to a zone set to expand the list of zones included in the set. Click the magnifying glass icon next to a zone to expand the list of members included in the zone.
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Figure 4-1 Zone Sets Dialog Box
2. Perform most zoning configuration tasks through options in the Actions pop-up menu on the dialog box. The menu contains these options:
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New
Modify
Delete
Activate
Copy
Replace World Wide Name
Find Zone
Find World Wide Name
3. Move your cursor over the Actions icon and click New on the pop-up menu. This displays the following dialog box.
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Figure 4-2 New Zone Set Dialog Box
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4. The Actions pop-up menu in this dialog box contains the following:
New Zone
Modify Zone
Delete Zone
View Zone Members
Copy Zone
Move your cursor over the Actions icon and click New Zone on the pop-up menu. This displays the following dialog box.
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